fiscal year 2012 deficit and $25 billion to a 2013 tripl, . >> and defects on the economy? >> we have not reported that here. part of the restraint, of heart of holding down the gdp vote is the expiration of the general tax cut. if that were extended for the rest of the year, we think it might add about 0.5% to the level of the gdp. 0.25% by the end of 2012. unemployment would be around half of that. >> you have a projection for the

autumn former rate going forward? >> we do it. there is some data on the economic forecast in chapter 2. year-by-your tables in the appendix. if you look on pages 128 and 129, we show the average on a one great over the next few years. we expected to decline slowly because of slow growth in demand for goods and services and for employees to produce the goods and services that are selling. in addition to the limitations on the demands for workers, the an employer rate is also being held up by some structural factors. mismatches between the available workers and available jobs. in the affects of the extension of unemployment insurance and some other factors. we think those are a comparatively small part of the current amount of unemployment. we think that they will persist,

to some extent, through the decade. our unemployment rate, at the end of the decade, we are projecting it will be higher. >> how much do you see potential gdp coming down? how much are you loring your outlook for the long term? >> we have a box in the chapter to report called the lasting effects of the recession. our current estimate is that potential output in 2020 to is about 1.25% in lower than what it would be without a crisis. that is partly smaller capital stock. much less investment in the past years. that the downturn will make up for some but not all of that.

we think that some of the loss in potential output is through lower labor supply, people who have lost jobs, he had either will leave the label -- the labor force or not be able to find work again. we think part of that is a hit to the productivity growth of those capital resources. there is a wide range of possible long-term effects. one is the -- one of the risks in our forecast is that this prolonged period of high unemployment and long-term unemployment for individual workers could have a larger effect on output in the long term. we have not had a period of such a persistently high unemployment in this country since the depression. we just do not know how workers and firms will respond overtime. i think we have made in the best estimate we can. this is a source of uncertainty.

it raises the deficit. i do not think it is a huge amount. we show in another part of the report rules for the effects of changes on the economy on changes to the budget. 1.25% at the end of the decade is a little more than half 0.1 percentage points per year. if you were to lower economic growth by about 0.10% every year, it would add to the deficit. the slow recovery, the fact that output remains below potential for all these years, this year, next year, the year after, because the amount of production, taxable income is much lower. >> on economic growth, you're

protections are considerably lower than blue-chip and federal reserve for 2012-2013. you show growth slowing. you talk about the differences in the report, including varying assumptions about continuing current policies. can you elaborate on that? >> yes. there are several reasons why we might have different forecasts had for the economy than outside forecasters. the first and most important one is we're not trying to do if your forecast, but a projection based on a particular set of assumptions about fiscal policy. in particular, that current law remains the same. if i were doing a forecast, in a private capacity, i would be trying to predict the changes in fiscal policy that congress and the president will go ahead and support.

that is not our role to do that. probably, the principle of reason he says that our economic growth -- are forecast for economic growth is weaker than a lot of the outside forecasters because we have to assume that taxes expire at the end of this year as scheduled under current law, that the restraints of the budget control act take effect next year. most outside forecasters are making other guesses about what will actually happen. those are reasons for possible differences as well. when we tried to back out what our forecast might look like in the absence of those particular statistical policy assumptions, we end up with numbers that look pretty similar to those we have seen from outside forecasters. >> on page 134, 2012-2013, are

you assuming that the payroll tax holiday and on schedule? if i were calculating the deficit? >> be careful here. page 124 is our project -- our projection of balances in trust funds. you are referring to the balance in the old age survivors insurance trust fund. the crucial part of all that has so far created a payroll tax cut and are being considered to extend it is that they make up for the lost revenue to the trust fund by putting in general revenue into the trust fund. what i described his the effect of extending the tax cut on the overall government budget but the trust fund itself -- they

could enact an extension that would be different, but the way it has an enacted and discussed in the past has made up the difference for the trust fund. >> so you are relying on differences not on the program is self but the program plus whatever the government does? >> yes. that is right. >> could you talk about the current fiscal year? the deficit forecast is now above $1 trillion. could you explain the differences there? >> for those who want to check later, there is a table on pages 90-99. the proposed budget restrictions for each of the next 11 years.

for 2012, there are a number of factors. first is the extension of the payroll tax cut which was not built into our projections in august. an important part of it is disappointingly low corporate tax receipts. it is a little puzzling. it does not seem to be a shortfall in corporate profits relative to what we were expected -- what we were expecting, but a shortfall of tax receipts that we collected. that would have -- we were not predicting that in the tax rate. not the rates are written into law, but the amount of revenue that was collected as reported. corporate profit taxes have been lower than what we have fought. that is another piece of this. then there's the whole collection of other, fairly small, changes. the revision for 2012 is about

$100 million, what we expected in august. that is a lot of money by many standards. given the size, it is not a particularly striking addition. >> you have a forecast for when the current increase in the government would take place? >> we do not try to model the cash flow on a month-to-month basis. in general terms, we think that, given our projections for the deficit for the coming year, we think that treasury would not come up against the limit in this calendar year. i do not know exactly. we just do not have a basis for saying exactly when a mine in the limit. it depends on the -- on what legislation is enacted.

moreover, when a limit is reached, the department has a number of steps it takes to keep of waiting -- to keep operating while remaining below the statute of limits. we do not try to track or predict that sort of thing. >> i want to go back to the unemployment rate. can you explain the factors taking place there? >> and our unemployment rate raises a little bit from here until 2013. i would not refer to it as a spike particularly. it has been between 8.5-9% for the past months. we do expected to move a little or -- up a little for 2013 because of the slowdown for economic growth. which shows, most importantly, fiscal restraint. if one looks at the differences between this alternate scenario

that extends the expiring tax provision and does not impose the enforcement procedures from the budget control act, it makes a very large difference in government inflows and outflows in the next fiscal year. you can see some of that. at the back of chapter one are some of the most important tables in the document. table 1.6 shows the effects of a menu of alternatives that policymakers talk about. table 1.7 goals together the pieces that underlies the alternative fiscal scenario. if you look at table 1.7, one can see that the difference in the deficit in 2013, between the baseline and the alternative scenario, is almost $400 billion. the amount of higher revenues that will lower spending under

current law is really quite sharp. we think that could be pushing down the economy as other factors are starting to push up the economy. that slowdown in growth that we see for 2013 has an effect on the unemployment rate. >> the impact of the tax funds? >> table 1.6 as the pieces of that. these numbers are for fiscal years. when we do the effects on the economy for a calendar basis, we need to take care of that. this gives you a rough sense. in fiscal year 2013, the effects of extending all of these firing tax provisions, the 2001, 2003, 2009 cuts as well as trying to index the alternative minimum tax completion as well as extending the other tax provisions, that set of

policies, extending them into 2013, adds about $300 billion to the deficit. at the same time, in the budget control act, i want to make sure everyone understands what i'm saying, the budget control act includes tax on discretionary spending but also sets up a joint committee on deficit reduction to try to find additional savings. but the act established a backup plan in case the committee did not report legislation, which it did not. the backup plan is further cuts in mandatory spending, which is what was described in the document. in table 1.6, we show the effect of lifting those additional productions, but leaving in place the original tax. that affect on the deficit in 2013 is $66 billion. there is another piece of

restraint, a smaller piece. beyond that, in a source of restraint in the company is the winning effect of the recovery act. most tax cuts and spending increases are now out the door. not all, but most. as the effects of that plane, -- of that wane, the waning reduces the growth rate that we will see. >> a reflection on their visions for medicare and medicaid spending. you say you are expecting a $29 billion increase for medicare and a $28 billion increase for medicaid. it also says you are revising down medicaid projections. what is the net difference in your view?

what is going to happen to those programs and their allies? >> i do not think i have had at hand the revisions for the entire medicare or medicaid numbers for the entire decade. we can find those for you. i just do not have it in in. >> you expect these programs will spend more than expected? >> i do not know if we have made large revisions at this point. i should say that, although this is a big -- this is one that is the most attention of the year, more of the data we used we get between now and our march-based one. we have not updated for this report our projections for the affordable care act on medicaid and other programs. we will do that for the march- based one. we will have a more complete answer in a couple of months.

i just do not know now what the revision has been. very slow growth in medicare spending per beneficiary in the coming decade relative to what we have seen over the past few decades. we attribute that to two factors. one is the restraint in payment to providers. partly from the sustained mechanism the remains in place and partly from the additional restraint. the second factor the least to slow growth and spending per beneficiary is that the medicare population is getting somewhat younger over the coming decade. more people are going into medicare. there are going in at the age of 65. the share of beneficiaries who are in their sixties, seventies, eighties, is going up. those people tend to be less expensive. the numbers that we site in the

document is a real growth, meaning justification for completion, average about 5% per year from 1985-2007. it averaged about 1% per year over the 10-year projection. >> if i read these things correctly, the economic projections both under current policy and current law, things have been downgraded a little bit. i was wondering if you could elaborate on why that is and all -- and also the impact of you guys during the president's budget given his delay? >> those are good questions. the forecasts published in august were completed in early july.

a couple important things happened after that the we alluded to in the report but could not build on the numbers. one was the annual revision that made recent history look a little worse. the second thing is that there was some pretty bad news late in the summer about the state of the economy. at the time that we were releasing the forecast, there were predictions by serious analysts that the country had eight one-third chance of going into a recession or, in some cases, higher chances than that. if you look back from early july to early december, when this forecast was finished, the news was quite bad early and better later. on balance given that we read the data and what we saw in these revisions. near term, the economy looks a little weaker. i do not think we have regrets

about the forecast at this point. gdp growth in the fourth quarter looked pretty good. much of that was inventory investment. final sales and gross, which is -- which ultimately will propel investment forward, was not particularly strong. we still see lots of problems in the housing market. households have lost a lot of wealth. they have a lot of debt. how have higher savings than they had a few years ago, but not particularly high. there are trying to fortify their positions and the leverage. we expect more restrained from them. i think we have good reason for expecting continued slow growth. even with the absence of the fiscal restraints. this is a very uncertain business. if one looks at the swinging moves about the near-term state of the economy, you in why this

sort of exercise is fraught with peril. >> and you were set -- you said there were some actions the lawmakers could take, fiscal policy, the gdp level in the near term versus the fiscal policy of the long term. what are some of those policy actions they could take? >> 94% -- we have not tried to lay out the specific fiscal acts. in the point i was trying to make and the point i have made on a number of occasions is that very short positions to fiscal restraint, dramatic increases or cuts at a point in time, under the current economic

conditions, tend to hold back the economy. at the same time, letting the debt skyrocketed will ultimately be very damaging to the economy and non-supportable. one can both provide near-term support and put the economy in on a sustainable medium-term budget. there is no intrinsic contradiction, but to do that requires that fiscal restraint take effect slowly but amount to a very large chains -- a very large change in policies over the decades. this is not, as we have set a number of times before, there is no advantage to waiting to decide what policy changes we will make. the long run that we wait as a country to make the sort of choices that we have to make, the harder it will be to make them. more debt will have accumulated. people will have less time to

plan how they will react to these changes. there is no substantive advantage to waiting to make decisions. on the issue of how quickly those decisions should take effect, how quickly one wants taxes we are spending to change, that is a hard question. if you do it right now, the economy slows down too much. there are a number of ways in which congress could put off the expiration of some of the tax provisions that are scheduled to retire or some of the spending strength that will occur on the budget control act. but not put those off indefinitely. if one puts those off indefinitely, the other large changes need to be made in the budget. it is not our place to recommend any specific set of changes.

>> for the elected policy alternatives, could you do as numbers for the continuation of current tax policies or those that are not continuing for people over $250,000? whets yes. he is referring to table 1.6 on page 19. we note that the cost of extending certain income tax and provisions scheduled to expire at the end of this year would have a direct affect on the deficit of four $0.56 trillion. -- $4.56 trillion.

we do not have an estimate of the effect of extending those provisions for all but the highest income people. in the past, when the joint committee on taxation have done estimates for proposals like that, i believe there estimates have suggested that extending the expiring tax rates, except for the highest tax rates, the budgetary effect is about three- quarters of the total amount. only one-quarter or one-fifth of these $5 trillion is attributable to what happens with the expiration of the lower version of the highest tax rates. of the total here, about 4/5 is

extending all the tax provisions except at the highest rates. one needs to be careful about describing that as provisions rather than types of people. some people pay up to the highest rate. i want to be careful about that wordings. >> are you seeing any impact of being downgraded for the next few years? do you factor that into costs? >> interest rates, as we project them in this outlook, are lower than the rates we projected in the summer outlook. that reduction is important because market interest rates have actually fallen. in addition, not just current

market interest rates but the implied interest rates that one can extract from quotations in financial markets. in addition, other forecasters have lowered their forecasts of interest rates. on balance, the set of news the financial markets have seen since our previous forecast suggest lower borrowing costs, not higher borrowing costs. there were a number of pieces of news that probably paid a role in that. part of it is what is happening in europe, the financial situation in europe has clearly worsened. there is much more concerned about the possibility of a really terrible outcome in europe. part of that, in the summer, was concerned about the weakness of the u.s. economy and not just about the demand for credit today but over the coming years. part of the news was about u.s.

fiscal policy. we do not know how to separate that out. i think an important risk in our forecast is the possibility that interest rates will rise. more sharply than we have built in. we try to construct forecasts that are in the middle of the distribution of possible outcomes. but these rates that we've seen in financial markets are a good year or -- a good delowerer giving the state of the economy we think will be in place at the end of the decade, given the fiscal policy we see. we are surprised at how low interest rates are. we take some signal from the financial markets, appropriately.

in countries that have had large amounts of debt and growing amounts of debt, financial markets' reaction to that can change very quickly. we look at the countries in europe that have experience particular problems of the last couple of years, you quick rises in interest rates when market perceptions turned. they turned partly from numbers and partly from a sense that the ability of policymakers to address the problems. it is a hard predicament that will happen. this happened six years ago about the risk of a financial crisis. one of the coins we made there is the uncertainty about how and when people will become reluctant and start charging higher interest rates. >> his is the first opportunity

you have had to put its was the numbers on the economic impact of the budget control act? is this likely to add fresh panic on the hill? >> in the summer update, -- >> it was a yes or no question. [laughter] >> that is the thing about this job. i'm not willing to give the that kind of answer. in the summer of state, there were built into the economic projections. there were built in in a way that -- in a sort of neutral way. we did not know if there would be action by the joint select committee and what it might be or whether they would fall back. at this point, because of the committee did not reach an agreement and no legislation has

been enacted, we moved, following the enforcement procedures, the sequestration of some mandatory spending, and discretionary spending. the fall following of that is seen for the first time. we also talked about this with the joint select committee of in a report issued in mid- september. i do not think it should be news, but it is true that it is in our outlook. >> a follow on that question. first of all, can we assume the automatic cuts as well as other regular spending on our platform? secondly, can you explain why you outline in your alternative

scenario, you assume that the automatic cuts are at their. >> the first question is whether there would be reductions in the funding for overseas contingency operations, ostensibly the war in afghanistan and other places. of yet, the sequestrations budget of 44 discretionary programs for fiscal year 2013 applied to the contingency operations as well as to the rest of the budget. the funding is not capped but it is subject to this reduction. the second question -- the budget function for national defense. which i'm proud to say worked.

the other question was what to include in this fiscal scenario. we have, for some time, shown in our outlook the menu of alternative fiscal policy assumptions. the members of congress or staff who are coming from a different starting point than current law can see what would happen to the budget under that. as the last few years have gone on and more and more aspects of the budget were extended on a temporary basis, we felt that the current law baseline provides a less and less useful guide to what the current stance of fiscal policy is. we tried to lengthen the menu of alternatives that we have shown because there are more and more different sorts of policy where people on the hill will say, we do not want that. we have lengthened the menu.

we have tried to pull together some of the alternative policies that many people in congress and outside of congress talk about. policy that are in current law but they're different from past policies in a way that members of congress or others do not want to have them take effect. for example, there are lots of tax provisions that are scheduled to expire at the end of this year. many people on the hill say they want to extend those policies. what happens to the budget in that case? the budget control act, congress decided to impose certain caps on discretionary appropriations. and they decided it wanted to have a process to agree upon some sets of changes in fiscal policy. that process was a special committee and the power given to that committee.

there was also an enforcement mechanism meant as a threat to try to propel this committee and congress to taking action. many members of congress do not really want those particular cutback to take effect. we can see that on discussions on the hill, and people say we're want to find a way to not have those automatic procedures take effect. even though we have no recommendation, no position on whether or not those things should be allowed to take effect, the case we are allowing our clients to say we do not want them to take effect for what we think is useful for other purposes. to try to assemble a set of provisions for current law and that they say we do not doubt -- we do not want them to take effect and show them how different the budget is under those outcomes. >> i want to make sure i

understand exactly what you're saying about what the economy -- how your forecast would look different if you sequestered -- if the sequesters did not take effect and the tax cuts met some alternatives. you said in 2013, gdp would be -- >> people can look on while i try to answer a question. table 2.2 on page 30. there we are. this summarizes the economic effects of the policies. the base line under the alternative scenario. if you look at the middle column, which is for 2013, we project that real gdp, under the alternative scenario, would

be between 0.5% and 0.75% higher in 2013. for my comments, i picked the midpoint of that range. we used the range deliberately. we talked about gnp. we show that in the bottom row of the table. how much difference in the near term. it is a fair bit different by 2022. this is not just an arcane matter. this is a substantive an important difference in. gdp is the measure of what is produced in this country. some of the income for what is produced in this country goes to people overseas because they had either work here or they have sent their investment capital here. similarly, we, as citizens of this country, collect money from overseas investors of hours. gnp is a better measure of the income earned by america's than

gdp. one thing that happens is that the greater demand for funds and less availability of funds to the private sector draws in some capital from overseas. that enables us to keep producing but we do not get the benefits of that. the return goes to people overseas to. we do estimates in our long-term budget outlook of the effects of alternatives -- alternative fiscal outcomes on the well- being of our citizens overtime. we tend to focus on gnp. in this case, the numbers i use or the gnp numbers from the bottom of the table. that is where you can see a reduction of gnp. i'm sorry, that would be about 2.5%.

>> how is your forecast for gdp growth? if we cap spending, you are projecting a very dramatic increase in economic growth of 4% on average, pretty healthy. what are the analytics behind that? >> i think the way to think about it is that, in the absence of fiscal restraint, fiscal policies were neutral over the next couple of years, we think economic growth will gradually strengthen. has the effects of the lost wealth and run up in debt with us on households, as the overhang of excess housing units is worked off through

demand for housing and the low level of construction, as businesses gain greater confidence, we are looking for growth that would be picking up. the fiscal restraint laws is to hold much of that, particularly in 2013 when it takes effect. that restraint and wince -- wanes, but it is there and assumption grows from there. what you are seeing is the winning of this pressurized fiscal policy holding down growth combined with restorative forces of the economy. there are very delayed in this case, but there will ultimately take effect. >> you were giving some of the revenue and spending and i saw some of your tables on a certain

act that would generate. could you talk about that a little bit? what would change your assumptions and suggestions for spending to slow the growth in the per capita medicare area? could you write that down for us? >> we have not done a full estimate of the effects of the affordable care act since early last year. when we did an estimate of the effects of repealing the act. we testified about that to the managing commerce committee in the house last march. as part of our march database line, we will update the estimates of coverage with the affordable care act in a way that will be visible to you and others. because of those pieces that

sits somewhat separately from what is happening in the budget, the changes that were made in the affordable care act were just released with the whole cumulative history of legislation for the medicare program. although we update those, we will be focusing on updating them for march, those new projections will not automatically give us the effects of the affordable care act itself. those projections are based on the wall some of wall that is now in place. whether we do estimates in the future of the effects of taking out certain provisions of the affordable care at, that is up to the priorities of the congress. i do not know. >> you mentioned the

sustainability of the alternative fiscal scenario. the gdp would be to 11% smaller. do these things comply that we could actually run all these things? could you give us an idea if that is a likely part of that and about the impact of the delay on the budget? >> on the economic question, this is getting back to table 2.2 for gdp, where we show the effect on gdp on the output made in the country. what that means is under certain steps of assumptions, it is possible that, under this alternate scenario, gdp would be slightly higher in 2022. however, it is important to

understand the limitations of that estimate. we would be possibly producing a little more here. a larger share of the return to the production would be going overseas. the standard of living of americans, based more on gnp, would be down in 2020 to for many of the estimates that we use. if the table without further, will you would see would disappear and become-. the reason for that is there are essentially two posing forces at work here. there are lower tax rates beginning in 2013 and going beyond the end of the decade. those lower tax rates boost in labor supply and savings. the opposing force is that there will be much larger deficits.

that extra government borrowing will be crowding out increasing amounts of private capital information. the tax rate effect, more or less constant as a share of gdp, has a certain increment to levels of gdp. it grows a little bit but not for much. the debt is accumulating at a rapid rate. the pressing effects of that debt accumulation increasingly outweigh the positive effects of the lower tax rates. if you saw this piece by piece, forced by force over the decade, you would see that the debt is gaining ground. >> it would likely be a-in 2022? >> yes. most definitely. 90% of that range is a negative.

you ask about timing. what we do every spring is we work on a new base line and do an analysis of the president's budget. the analysis of the president's budget is into pieces. we announced the directory budget effects in march and in april, we released analysis of the economic effects of the president's budget. the delay of the budget this year put us behind in that process. nonetheless, it is a very high priority for the budget committees on the hill and the congress in general, for us to finish the march-based line, for which we will estimate the cost of legislation throughout the year and completing the president's budget. we will work as hard as we can and we hope to release both the march-base line and the analysis of the president's budget by the middle of march. we cannot be sure.

we do not know what is in the budget yet. we do not know what issues we will confront in doing those estimates. we aim for the middle of march. but we could easily be later if we encounter more difficulties. the exact timing has deferred a bit from year to year. it really does depend on what we find in the budget. it depends on what congress is doing. if they move efficiently towards a resolution of the issues that -- for which the deadline is the end of february, that helps us. if they move on a more rambling path, there is a lot more work for us. i surely would not try to make a prediction about that. >> in the campaign, there seems to be an argument that the

reason the deficit is increasing is the president is spending too much. you are arguing that the problem is the aging population. could you explain why this is that way and what the relative weights are between the factors that are being discussed in the political realm versus what you're seeing in the demographic wrong? >> i will not speak to what is being incited in the political realm. but if you look at the chart that is still on the screen, you the basis for this topic. we clearly had a burst of spending his relative to gdp. it has been to a high the last few years to. as i said, it actually receives a little bit the next few years

under current law. the amount of spending that has been undertaken in the past few years, through the recovery act and other legislation, that is happening against the backdrop of steadily rising costs for social security and major federal health-care programs. the increases in the cost of those programs are not a surprise. analysts have been talking about them for decades. the aging of the population was pretty well-foreseen. the fact that health care costs rose more rapidly than other days in the economy has been going on for some time. the general contour is one that is -- the numbers are quite striking.

i think the car was try to capture some of this. social security and the federal health-care programs will represent about 5% of gdp more in 2020 to it than they have on average in the past 40 years. that is a tremendous increase for those programs. currently all -- current law sets us on a path to try to offset some part of that through restraints and other programs. the second set of bars shows how all of our federal programs put together are said to be a smaller share of gdp by the end of the decade than on average in the past. you see that across a number of programs. defense spending, and there is

an alternate scenario there that takes away enforcement procedures of the budget control act, about the basic capps. under the defence act, it would be lowest it would be. non-defense discretionary spending would be below where it has been in my lifetime. all the entitlement programs except for social security and the health care programs would be close to their smallest share of gdp in my lifetime. there is a fair amount of restraint bill to an already in all parts of the budget except for social security and the federal health-care program. but despite the restraints, total spending will still be a larger share of gdp. that is through those programs carried the growth in those programs is driven by the aging population, the rising costs for

health care. there is a stark choice here. even with other parts of the budgets squeezed, when they're squeezed further, one can relax the more. i'm not suggesting we have a -- we have reached a limit, but all programs together will be 7% in 2022. clearly, the deficit will not be brought under control without changes in at least one of revenues and social security and the large health care programs. if we focus on trying to reduce the deficit to a manageable level, we are not -- doing it for just tax increases would result in a very large increase in taxes. it would require very large reduction in benefits of health care programs. even if one does it through a combination of revenue

increases and a reduction of those programs, the changes on both sides would be considerable. the gap that is opened between what we are used to getting from the government in terms of benefits person and in terms of operation for the rest of the government and the revenue we are used to giving to the government has whitened a great deal and it is going to widen further over the coming decades. >> can you go over the medicare spending? you said earlier that your projections, there was an assumption that the beneficiary would grow around 1%. as opposed to the historic rate of 5%. i'm wondering whether or not that figure substantially contributes to whether the

slowdown -- part of the slowdown is the younger people coming into medicare. is that mainly driving this change? is it being driven by the recent experience when medicare spending has been a lower-than- expected and also the provisions in the affordable care act that saw increases for some categories. >> those are good questions for which i do not have equally good answers. we have not tried to decompose this slower growth quantitatively into the two pieces for the reasons i described. both are important. the changing demographics of the medicare population. i do not know how much of a difference one or the other makes. i do not think there is as much difference from what we showed

in august. i do not know the exact numbers. i do not think there has been much difference. again, part of this is restraint imposed by the affordable care act. one went back to a projection before that, if you would see some additional swelling from that factor. i just do not know the decomposition. >> an additional question on medicaid. one of the options being discussed among lawmakers for solving the sustainable growth rate problem is using some of those. i was trying to figure out the math and could not quite follow it. even though some of that has been added into the base line, is there enough that could be used by lawmakers to offset $316 billion in this update? >> i will give you some facts

and some interpretation. our baseline projects about $1.40 trillion in budget authority for contingency operations over the 2013-2022. we show the savings from reducing the number of troops deployed to 45,000 by 2015. perhaps it is an alternative set of policies that get you to those numbers. alternatives and would reduce the out ways for those programs by a little over $100 billion. whether those are amounts that could be used for some other purpose depends on what you mean by being used. this is money -- $1.40 trillion, which i should explain to people, the way we do

projections of discretionary spending, apart from capsule by law, is to take the most recent level of appropriations enacted by congress and a strong white that over the decade. that was specified in law, the way we should do this kind of projection, two decades ago. it $1.40 trillion comes from taking below appropriations, which i think was $127 billion in fiscal year 2012, and a growing that with inflation. whether we would spend that amount or less than that or more than that depends entirely on the challenges the u.s. sees in the world and how they choose to respond to them. whether one could enact capps, for example, on this sort of appropriation, those caps were

below the level we interject, we would show those caps, it would be a reduction in spending relative to these numbers. that reduction might have occurred anyway. without those caps, simply because we choose not to fight as much overseas. on the other hand, if some new challenge arises that congress decides requires military response overseas, presumably they would spend more than any cap that was set in place today anyway. the caps do affect the rejections that we make -- the projections that we make because we follow longer. whether there are -- whether there are savings there depends on what happens in the absence. >> some people have raised concern that this update might show a significant reduction in spending and would make not

enough funds to make up the difference. assuming people wanted to use that kind of budget logic, these numbers do not contradict that. >> the cost of freezing medicare's payment rates over the decade is a little bit over $300 billion, a good deal smaller than our projections. other questions? you are ready to go. ok. yes? >> with the projections of the outlays and tax cuts over the short-term possibly impacting economic growth, then those things exploding the deficit, is it more likely that we factor in a projection that people will -- that congress can give a short- term boost to the economy and put off the sort of official restraints you're talking about?

>> i do not know what congress will do. i think we're trying just to lay out the consequences of alternative courses of action. it is complicated, in this case, because current law imposes sharp restraints that is negative for the economy in the short term. better for the economy in the long run than extending of the expiring provisions. that makes the job of congress more difficult. we are just trying to explain the thank you for coming.

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has a take away. what is is this a? >> >> it is hardly a surprise. they came out with the latest debt in deficit doc projection. over $1 trillion in federal deficits projected. it is the fourth year in a row we have seen deficit over one trillion dollars. nobody is surprised. everyone is aware of the deficit situation. it is plaguing not only congress but our national politics. a lot of the reaction and statements are fairly predictable. you are seeing political statements from republicans

casting it as a failure of president obama's leadership. democrats see a different way. you have seen the president do more push back on the idea lately. he has gone into campaign mode. >> how will the numbers come but the projections, when you take it back to capitol hill, how will the impact of the lawmakers approach the annual budget? >> the answer is hardly at all. those numbers were not surprising. keep in mind, all those lifts that were attended on budgetary issues, they are done. the debt limit deal that resulted in a trillion dollars in discretionary cuts. the sequester on top of that which is controversial, they were already done.

talks with vice-president biting, of the talks. debt limit talks, super committee talks all failed. everyone accepts that none of that is going to get solved in any meaningful way until after the elections, either in a lame- duck session or in 2013. there is going to be some nibbling around the edges of this. the one part that might be important are the efforts to undo the sequestered. when the super committee talks failed, there were mechanisms that said, you have failed. now you have $1.20 trillion in spending cuts that have to go into affect. there are already talks on capitol hill about how to undo those. a lot of lawmakers, particularly on the republican side, did not want to see the cuts hit defense. the question is, the law says you have to get deficit reduction somewhere else. how the pay for that? it is not going to get solved this week. we are looking towards the end of the sea.

those are the major budget story -- budgetary problems. >> the republicans are taking another run at the health care law. what of it going to see in the house? >> this is called the class act. they want to repeal the class act. it was part of the health care bill that gave people the option of paying money out of their taxes to fund a long-term care insurance later. it is agreed as a failure in the way it was designed it has front loaded all of the savings up front and has hit the long term liabilities. the obama administration has already said they are not going to implement the class act. nobody is going to have access to it anyway.

it is largely a political exercise by house republicans who see it as a big failure. they want to be able to tell voters that even though they cannot repeal obamacare, they have appealed as much of it as they can. this is one area they will be able to vote to repeal. >> you attended a briefing earlier today. what is the take on housing numbers? >> steny hoyer is the democratic whip. he is quick to report that democrats are not passing jobs bill. he is taking a swipe at the class act. do not do anything to create jobs. however, republicans did just rollout in major bill around the highway trust fund. it is going to take a while to process. the house is going to be active on that. republicans are going to push back on that. they are not doing anything to create jobs. >> he is washington correspondent for the takeover. thank you for the update. in a few moments, the head of

in a little more than 20 minutes, you will hear from newt gingrich in orlando. he finished second. the other major republican presidential candidates are nevada. campaigning in nv there the answer coming up shortly. >> with talk of possible legislation, john discusses this. >> i have an alarming thought of this.

the discussion of cyber mayors the discussion of terrorism had in the 1980's and 1990's. there's a great deal of difficulty coming to the consensus until we had 9/11. we knew what to do. we have not had that kind of event in cyber. we imagine it. we talk about it. the only good thing that comes out of those is a few more of those in their of the growing public awareness. this is a serious vulnerability. i think it will overcome some of the private sector reservation about working with the government on this. >> watch this and more online at the c-span video library. at c-span.org/videolib rary.

>> met rodney spoke to supporters for 20 minutes at an event that began with comments from his wife. >> thank you, florida. we are so grateful to all of you for being here tonight. thank you, this is a very wonderful reception.

you know, this experience of mitt running for president has been extraordinary for our family. it is just hard to express what it means for a wife and mother to be on stage. i will tell you that mitt does not take himself very seriously, because we have the five boys along on the bus. they keep us humble. my son is in residency and we are sorry he is not here. we have made friendships from here all across this country, but here in florida in has been wonderful. there are so many people we need to thank. the list is long, so i will ask you not to clap until we have gone through the list. i am going to mention a few people that have made such a difference. please hold your applause until the end.

commissioner adam putnam, our chairman, chief financial officer jeff atwater, ambassador john rude. you are not listening to me. senator connie mack. i give up. and the members of congress who endorsed mitt, jeff miller and others. our friends celebrating in tallahassee, miami, jacksonville, across florida. our great grassroots team

throughout the state, and finally, thank you all so much. now, let me introduce to you my husband, the father of my five sons and the grandfather of my 16 grandchildren, and the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, guys. thank you.

thank you. thank you so much. thank you to the people in this room and to the people all over florida, thank you tonight for this great victory. there are fewer candidates tonight than when the race began, but three gentleman are serious and able competitors. primary contest are not easy and they are not supposed to be. they like to comfort themself with the thought that a competitive campaign will leave

us weak. i have news for them. a competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us, and we will win. it compared to a primary does not divide us. when we gather here in 7 months ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. he said it i cannot turn this economy around in three years, i will be looking at a one term proposition. we're here to collect. you know the results. it has been 35 months of

unemployment above 8%. more americans have lost their jobs and more foreclosures have occurred been under the administration than any other president in history. in the last 10 days i met with a father who was terrified that this would be the last night his family would be able to sit in the only son his home has no. the seniors of the so be the best years of their life. i met some hispanics who thought they had to the american dream. the protestant action said "but remember now how we got here 3 did the president actually said "let's remember -- the president actually said let's remember how we got here."

leadership is about taking responsibility not making excuses. thomas paine is reported to have said "lead, follow, or get out of the way." mr. president you were elected to lead, you chose to follow, and now it is time for you to get out of the way. [cheers and applause] i stand ready to lead this party and nation. as a man who's spent his life outside washington, i know what is like to start a business and build something from nothing. i know how government kills jobs and how it can help. my leadership helped build

businesses from scratch. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and get our american athletes a chance to make us all proud. my leadership cut taxes 19 times and passed over 800 vetoes. we balance the budget every single year. my leadership will and the obamacare and begin a new era of american prosperity. this campaign is about more than replacing a president. it is about saving the soul of america.

president obama and i have very different visions of america. president obama once pro- government and to amass trillions of deficits. i will slow government and cut the spending of government. i will not just freeze the government share on the economy. i will reduce it. without raising taxes, i will finally get america to a balanced budget. president obama's view of a free economy is to send your

money to his friends. my vision for a free economy is to return entrepreneurship and the creativity to the american people. [applause] one of the most personal matters of our lives, our health care, president obama would turn decision making over to government bureaucrats. i will repeal it. [cheers and applause] like his colleagues in the faculty lounge to think they know better, president obama demonizes almost every sector of our economy. i will make america the most attractive place in the world for an entrepreneur yours, job creators. unlike the other people running for president, i know how to do that.

president obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. i will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedoms. president obama believes that our role in the leader of the world is a thing of the past. he is shrinking our military capacity at the time the world is facing threats. i will insist on the military so powerful nell would ever think of challenging it. -- no one would ever think of challenging it. president obama has adopted a policy of appeasement and apology. i will speak out for those seeking freedom. i will stand shoulder to shoulder with our friends around the world.

you see, president obama wants to fundamentally transform america and make it something no one would recognize. i want to restore it the values and principles that made us. i will do it. our plans protect freedom and opportunity. our blueprint is a constitution of the united states. together we will build an america where hope is a new job for a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker. let me be clear. the pack i lay out is not one

paid with ever increasing government checks and insurance that government will always be the solution. if this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most benefits, then i am not your president. you have at present today. if you want to make this election about restoring american greatness, and then i hope you will join us. if you believe the disappointment of the last few years are a detour and not our destiny, then i am asking for your votes. i am asking each of you to remember how special it is to be an american. i want you to remember what it was like to be hopeful and

excited about the future and not to drag each new headlines. i want you to remember when you spend more time dreaming about where you would send your children to college. i want you to remember when you are not afraid to look at your retirement savings. remember when the white house represented the best a few you were. that america is still out there. we believe in that america. we still believe in the america that is the land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. we believe in the america that challenge each of us to be better than ourselves. this election let's fight for the america we love. we believe that in america. thank you so much. god bless the united states of america. thank you. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

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bill >> newt gingrich led in the polls. he finished second and the primary. he spoke for little more than 15 minutes to supporters in orlando. ♪ ♪ [playing "only in america" by brooks and dunn] >> thank you. i want to starts with bill mccollum who has done so much to help us. he has been tremendous. i also want to be those who

cochaired statewide. we are very grateful to all of you. i also want to introduce my daughter kathy and her husband paul. i am very proud. she did a whole series upper spanish language meetings helping is in the miami area and reaching out. jackie and jimmy are the mother and father of by two major debate coaches.

it is great to have them here. i want to think floridians. everyone here has been so positive. we thank all of you for the hospitality and kindness. we think the half million floridians who voted for us. florida did something important. it is now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate. the voters of florida really made that clear. you will notice the number of votes are holding up a sign with 46 states to go. this is for the elite media. the same people who said i was gone after iowa, one now be back sang what is he going to do?

-- are now going to be back say what is he going to do that we are going to go to every place and we will win. we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> [chanting "newt, newt"] >> you might ask how can that be true? i will give you the answer. it was stated at a historic moment in 1863 in dedicating our first national cemetery with the president of the united states abraham lincoln said we have government of the people by the people for the people. we will have people power defeat money power in the next six months. how are we going to do that?

the same way we can back in june and july. we are head and the gala poll with no money. if you have solutions and are positive and can communicate and a history of doing something, the combination begins to reach the american people. this is the most important election of your lifetime. if barack obama gets reelected, it will be a disaster for the united states of america. if he can have a record this bad comments deficits this bad, policies this bad, and still get reelected, you cannot imagine how radical he will be in a second term.

putting together a people's campaign, not a republican or establishment campaign or a wall street campaign, and saying to every american of every background and every ethnic group and community we have a better future for you and your family. it is the future of jobs, lower gasoline prices, a balanced budget. it is the feature of a smaller washington. -- future of a smaller washington. we will imposes on both parties.

let's talk about the power of ideas. in 1980 i was honored to put the first set of it. the house and senate came together with president reagan. it is a courageous decision by reagan. he did not have to run as part of a team. he did something nobody did before. he picked up 33 house seats. in 1994, we have 350 candidates to come and to be part of a contract with america to stand on the capitol steps. we offered a positive program. we have the largest one party

increase in american history, 9 million additional americans voted for a positive vision. we kept our word. every item was voted on in the first 93 days. there is a core question in the primaries and elections. if you are comfortable with the way america is decaying, and then we do not have to change much. we can manage the decay. if you think that is a terrible thing to do to your children and grandchildren and your country and if you are prepared to do what it takes to change the congress, bureaucracy, judges policies so the entire system get on the right track some american can give us a more prosperous future, and this is how big the gap is. there are folks in both parties

that are managing the decade. we believe it is cheating our grandchildren to not insist on fundamental change even if the establishment of the stock like. -- establishment does not like it. in the next few days we will develop the equivalent of contracts for 1994. this of a personal one between me and you. i am asking you to make me president. it will come in two parts. part one is conditional.

it requires your help. part to i can do if i win the election -- two i can do if i win the election. part one only works if we run a team campaign. that means we have to replace bill nelson with a conservative. if you help us in addition to winning the presidency we elect a republican senate and house, i'll ask them to stay in office. i will ask them to immediately pass the repeal of obamacare. i will ask them to immediately pass the repeal of the dodd/frank bill which is killing housing and small- business and independent banks.

i will ask them to pass the repeal of sarbanes oxley which is crippling american benefits with no net profits. my goal is to have all three bills sitting there waiting so the minute i am sworn in i can sign all three and we're off to a pretty good opening morning. those three promises are conditional. we have to win the senate by a big enough margin to manage it. help me do that. let me tell you some things. we will put this together in a way you will be able to see in writing. there are a series of executive orders that i can issue that congress cannot stop as long as they are within the law. the first executive order will abolish all of the white house czars as of that moment. we will issue immediately and it said he did order -- all this will happen to hours after the

inaugural address, ok? before we go to the various balls, we will have a work period. i may not get in as much golf as obama, but i will get in as much job creation. i will tell you up front. i am not going to compete with obama in singing. i am not running for entertainer and chief. i am running for president. i would say to him now, you can not seeing your way -- sing your way past the disaster of your presidency. i forgot your teleprompter. i said to my staff.

i am having to bring this. -- wing this. we are going to sign on that day the authorization for the immediate deployment of the keystone xl pipeline. my message to the people of canada is did not get a deal with the chinese. help is on the way. by january will build the right pipeline -- you will build the right pipeline for the right price.

you will see this is what a serious conservative president is light who is old and prepared to change washington despite the screams on both parties. we will on that day sign an executive order that will instruct the state department that day to open the embassy in jerusalem and recognize israel. about the v two more examples. i will sign the executive order reinstating ronald reagan puzzle master and city embassy. no u.s. money will go to pay for abortion.

many of you may have noticed that the obama administration has called war on the catholic church and other religious establishments. on the first day i will sign an executive order repealing every anti-religious act of the obama administration as of that moment. the reason i'm comfortable telling you all this is i have been is studying what america needs to do. it has been since the fall of 1958 when my dad was stationed. i have been working for what we need to do i believe it is possible to get this country back on track. my commitment is to unleash the spirit of the american people to find new and innovative and

positive things to do then seven days a week, to do them relentlessly and without stop to make sure we have fundamentally that america back on the right track. i pledge to each and every one if you if you will reach out across the country and use facebook and twitter and phone calls, if you will tell all of your friends in the other 46 states that there is a chance to nominate a conservative knows what he is doing here has done it before and has the courage to get it done, i promise you that if i become the president i pledge to you my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor. did this is about america. thank you. god bless you. ♪ [playing "only in america" by brooks and dunn]

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next caucus -- instead of campaigning in florida, ron paul in in the next caucus. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you.

thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. if the enthusiasm wins an elections, we win hands down. this is great. this is nice. thank you for coming out. a little while ago i saw governor romney and congratulated him.

>> [boo] >> no, i congratulated him. i said i would see him soon in the caucus states. did we have been having a fantastic trip. not too long ago, we were up in maine. it was a fantastic reception. today we had businesses in colorado. they were fantastic. it looks like we have a few hundred here tonight to say the least. 1000 people.

now, a few months ago there were 9 candidates. we are down to four. tonight as of statistics that we are in third place when comes to delegate -- i saw statistics that we are in their place when it comes to delegates, and that what really counts. we will spend our time in the caucus states. if you have an irate tyrants minority you do very well in the caucus states. there is something else that they lend itself to. a few have an energized group of people that are working in a campaign and actually believe in something, you bet it will

work in the caucus states. this is what has been so fantastic. i have been doing a little bit of campaigning for re beltsy -- 4 liberty for a long time. this is all very favorable. there is a mess up in washington. they have given us a lousy form policy. they gave us and allows the budget and recession. a wonderful thing is in the grass roots. people are realizing that the problem is too much government. we need more personal liberties.

the fuller -- before. [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. preside. allow me, sir to thank you and the members of the security council for ur invitation for me to participate in this important meeting. mr. president, security council convenes today at a time when of them they be concerted with arab affairs for a rat date and

decisive action. first to ensure immediate decision of violent and protection of the syrian people and secondly to begin as soon as possible the implementation of the roadmap but at least for a political olution and it's craning crisis and realize his aspirations of the syrian people for the rerm, a move to it peaceful democratic wave, where are syrian people and i was figments enjoyed dignity by every arab country. the situation is ever more crazed than urgent and night of the security escalation this serious hazard in the past few days, continuing that the violence and the shelling, irene

an counter fire has exposed many innocent civilians with the syrian governments results to an escalation of the security option in full contradiction with the commitments that they took upon in the area plan as well as the signs by this searing arab republic and the league of arab states on the mandate of the observer mission at the leak. we believe that the first for the security council to adopt a resolution immediately ceasefire and supposed to europe plan stories the settlement of the crisis. today's meeting has been convened and implementation of article liif the charter of

the united nations and a coach in english, encourage the development through such arrangements either on the initiative concerns. >>ranslator: it is in this very context that the leak about dates has come to the security council. i should like to thank you are having so quickly responded to the request that kind of legal united states to inform your counsel on the outlines of the arab demarche. the issue has been put forward a detailed by his ex alé, prime minister of qatar and i shall attempt to be brief. the latest decision taken by the leak was on january 2nd under

roadmap for settlement at this searing crisis. i should like you for taking details of our initiative to stress some of the fundamental fundamentals. the fundamental object of our initiative is an immediate cessation of all acts of violence a killing against searing civilians as well as the realization of the aspirations and demanded the syrian people. demand for economic social and political change, a move towards demand for economic social and political change, a move towards demand for economic social and political change, a move towards peaceful demand for economic social and political change, a move towards peaceful organization of power. second, arab states and that taking this searing crisis in an arab conflict. we are attempting to avoid any foreign intervention, particularly military intervention.

three, the error didn't ever precede from the need for peaceful, political settlements as i stated a rejection of any military or foreign intervention. the resolutions of the league of arab states for the league's resolution have always stressed the fall race back at the security sovereignty, and the unity of the syrian people. we therefore have the object to for the security not to take his faith, for a peaceful settlement of the searing crisis with international support from the security council. mr. president. in its approach to make a, we

have taken up two pillars. needed action for an immediate cessation of acts of violence in killing against the syrian people at the same time he chaining the right of this searing people. a road map leading to a peaceful settlement of the crisis or a national diaogue coming clues all parties and all segments of searing society in order to achieve in really fast rations of searing peep of true democracy. and for feeling that endeavoö democry. and for feeling that endeavor since july 2011 it took several minutes and put forward a number of initiatives to the syrian

leadership, most important on the 27th of august of last year communicated by the council of the leak high-handed that proposal to the theory leadership on september of last year. based on that initiative in this context. the plan to shape the searing governments to implement it too is very adopted by the council of billy on november 2nd of last year. e plan includes and i quote, first of searing government is tout an end to all acts of violence from another source to protect this searing citizen to

detainees that was chopped off all the elements on all cities and urban centers for a mandatory to all institutions that the leak as well as the earth international media to move very and monitor such events. second, with country progress it would undertake contacts unnecessary consultations with governments and authorities of e opposition in order to hold the national dialogue conference following that date. in order to according to the

political context for he observers were dispatched from all. states and institutions, it began to deploy in syria, dropping on december 4th of last year it deployed to all areas were demonstrations took place in syria. the head of the nation presented his first technical field report covering the theory from 24 december, the date that the team reach damascus to 18 january of this year. this was the report that was conveyed to the secretary-general of the united nations on the 22nd of this month in order to inform him of the situation on the ground on cooperation. the council of the league decided light of the conclusions of the report that

partial progress had been made in implementing some implementations taken on by the government. progress is incomplete and therefore insufficient. word. the protocol itself the violence there in these with a rickshaw of all elements of opening the doors to arab international media. i should like to take the fundamental points in the report in order to put it in its political context. in order to sacrifice the

mission would be terrified since it did not fully implemented commitment to the tas of the team on the crown had to change, that team sorts to demand for immediate implementation to this searing government to confront two humanitarians, painful situations. even that they fell outside the team's mandate. they breakthrough to send areas. they recorded testimony of some citizens on violations of human rights committed against them in the exchange of ideas of the fallen. two, the report covered a

limited short period of time. the report did not take the previous nine months before the rifle or indeed the event but it didn't taken place ever since march 5th team of flashier until the 24 december last year when they arrived during that period. many events to place. many violations took place. the team could not take a. that was outside the mandate. this is not required premonition. this must always be takn when evaluating the performance of the team. it was very specific and complicated. never in he past was a team of

civilian observers dispatched to assist escalating civilian demonstrations calling for the change of the regime. they were dispatched to aspartame the government of that street was implementing a commit to deceased violence and killing it was drawn on elements from cities and urban at the same time. msb stated that the message was to ascertain and not, i repeat, not reach a disengagement or you choose between going parties, which is to show the case when monetary is their missions are dispatched tions to any conflict area in the world. the most important item in the

mission's report is an excessive use of force by the security forces of syria since last march, which led to reaction by demonstrating citizen for opposition elements paragraph 71 and 74 from the report stated that there is a situation that it is some attention, oppression and injustice meted to searing citizen. the opposition that resorted to bearing arms because of the excessive use of force that the government forces since last march. this is a direct quote from the report. despite the presence on the ground, this did not lead to an immediate and full of respect by syrian forces of their promises despite some positive elements. the searing peep hole were

allowed further freedom and expressing its demands. this was cleared following the missions the rifle. many members of the sound of your mechanisms to express their own experience in positions to the mission through to the testimy in the missn was able to record much about human rights situation in syria. the mission was also able to tame nature with those detainees and missing persons through many contacts between the people in the mission and direct contacts or through the website that it by this purpose. in light of the conclusions of the missions are ordered and instead and the developments on the ground since the leak began to do with the crisis and in

complementing the ushers and endeavors to reach a settlement to the searing crisis that the foreign intervention, without falling into civil war, waters acting that independent sovereignty and territory at very a, the resolution of the ministerial council was set up date on the 22nd of this month and strike the following. i need for full cessation of time and killing from whatever sort of murder to protect the fendant calling on the searing government to release detainees to draw all armed elements from cities and centers opening the way to the international media. the withdraw o the searing army and any other armed forces have whatever formation, ensuring the right to do so demonstration and not confronting demonstrated and

allowing the missions task and particularly communication equipment. all parties in the opposition would begin a serious political dialogue under the leak of various states no later than two weeks from now, in rder to achieve the following peer one, the establishment of a national unity government and spray the authority and the opposition in the leadership of the great person would take up the items of the leak, the parliamentary elections as well as presidential multi-policy free elections and according to a law governing its procedures. i should like it is stretch the roadmap it.it on the 22nd of

this month came in no way he interpreted as calling on this searing president to renounce power. there is a precedent when i visited damascus on the 16th of july of last year and in a conversation with the president of the republic on the need for a true political dialogue, the preside said i will go and trust him with a fundamental reforms that are nasa's very. he will supervise these political reforms. this is very similar to the core of the league of aab states as of right now. upon its formation, the national government would declare that this objective is to set up poe national government would declare that this objective is to set up

political democratic, multilateral, multiparty system and ensuring a quality among noncitizens regardlss of that curve of faith in assuring the power and the national government with reestablish security and stability in the country and would reform the resources to take take activity and duties with financing from arab states that are committed to coordinate with the league of arab states, setting up a body to investigate and the violation needed to citizens. the national unity government would organize a constituent assembly to be transparent, air and the national oversight through three months from the creation of the national government.

>> mr. president. in informing security council about these developments, i should like to inform you that immediately before coming to new york i was compelled to take an urgent measure in suspending the work of the arab observers in the area because of the great deterioration of the situation in the country legally after the syrian government openly declared that it is taking the security option. this led to the withdraw of some of the oervers until i take the matter to the council in a few days. icc from the brief report on the air of crisis, the leae has always endeavored to find a peaceful political setlemt to the crisis that spares the life of this syrian peopleand realize its demands and

aspirations. furthermor the leak fully realizes support of the international community as being the only mechanism to resolve to searing crisis in a fundamental aspect for six as and for achieving these subject case. therefore, mr. president, allow me to the teeth at the league of arab states looks forward to a supporting resolution in your security council, one that calls on all parties to immediately cease all violent against the syrian people, one that calls on all parties to a series national dialogue under the league of arab states and that takes a the arab endeavor is the basis for resolving the crisis and what support the mission of the league when it esumes. it is also my duty as secretary-general of the league

to stress the importance of speedy corporation between the united nation and the national institutions that the leak in order to alleviate the humanitarian conditions of this year in people. .. >> we need a clear resolution supporting the arab [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] table. thank you, sir. >> now give the floor to the arab republic. you have the floor, sir. >> translator: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i, too, will speak in arabic, and it is my honor to do so. mr. president, i said i always imagined he predicted an arab poet known to all ashes and read by all arabs. he imagined the scenario and the

session years before his death in a very famous poem that starts as follows -- damascus, the treasure of my dreams. shall i bemoan to you arabism or bemoan by fellow arabs to you? mr.resident, my generation and myself remember very well in the 1950s and early 1960s that we us to be in grade schools at the time in syrian schools, and we used to sing to the anthem of the revolution rather than

singing the syrian national anthem. we also used to give our few pennys, pocket money, that has a word we use in syrian dialect that we used to donate this pocket money to arab liberation movements in the gulf that used to be struggling to be liberated from btish colonialism. we, the cldren, used to happily donate our pocket money, little as it were, to assist our brothers in the gulf so that they would be liberated from the grip of colonialism. this was way before the oil boom. at the time, arabism was

different from the way to which some view arabism today. mr. president, allow me to begin by expressing our appreciation to south africa and to you personally for wisely presiding over the work of the security counsel for the month. we would like to use this opportunity to stress once again the pride we feel for the victory of your people and the peoplesf africa over the policies of discrimination and appetite and to question th positions of some states that they lip service to the democracy and human rights, we ask them with whom did they std during your struggle that was crowned with success and

victory? mr. president, syria is going through decisive challenges in its history. we want this stage to be through the will of our people, not through the will of anybody else to that point of determination, to rpond to the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people and while these events have broken the heart of every syrian, it imposes on syrians of different stripes and associations to choose the road of wisdom and to be guided by their conscious, patriotic feelings so that the homeland, all of the homeland and not part thereof, for that to be victorious. the syrian people who presented the word with the first alphabet

knows the sent of damascus rather than the sent of -- scent of the blood. the syrian people were always capable of solving its crisis and certainly problems alone. it's never accepted any form of foreign intervention in its internal affairs and affairs of its homeland, syrian. it stood proud refusing underminding its culture and national assets. the syrian people will do that once again by the participation of all syrians to lead them away from the crisis and to contribute to the construction putting as the primary objection the interest of the homeland and

nothing else and atmosphere of reconciliation for all. the homeland is the property of all, and in syria, we don't have a majority and minority. there's syrians only in syria. i say the homeland is owned by all, and it is the property of all, and it is a trust, a trust even if some were misled and even if some defied what is right. syrian patriotism rejects external intervention and stresses that syria's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity is a red line. syrian patriotism stresses that sereons will stand -- syrians will stand one rank against dissent rejecting violence, rejecting resorting to

arms while calling for reform. we have to take a sincere national dialogue and expedite the pace of reform to establish a genuine national partnership to reserve the security of the homeland and that of the citizen as the only way out of the crisis, one that responds to the yes -- legitimate aspirations of the syrian peoe without underminding the homeland. they hold everyone who lost this point accountable. mr. president, the arab people would have very much hoped that the presence of the secretary general, the league of the arab states, and the current chairman of the minister of counsels in

the security counsel, we would have hope the presence would have been for requesting the responsibilities and ending israeli occupation of allied arab territories putting an end the israeli settler activities and killings. how strange it is for us to see some members of the league of the arab states having decided to resort to the security counsel sking support against syria. syria's never thought twice in providing the ultimate sacrifice in defense of arab causes. those who believe that the states that i am referring to and who have always stood in the face of arab in the counsel and

outside, those who look like being enthusiastic for the arab league out of respect for the decisions of those who believe these states are with us are really falling into illusions. the fact is that the enthusiasm comes exactly in the same context that is contrary to the interests of arab causes. what is new today, though, is that the arab league decided to take its decisions to the security counsel that took hundreds of vetoes against arab causes. the new, i would say, that the arab league ansferred the decisions, the unjust decisions it took against syria, transferred these to syria in syria's absence and without consults without leadership in a way that transcounterred the charter of the league of arab states and paveed the way for a continued se scenario of

interfering aggressively into the internal affairs of syria. these plans have crossed othe plans and interests of non-arab states aiming at destroying syria and destabilizing it. this has happened for no other reason other than the fact that syria doesn't want to depend on anyone, nor would syria accept that its sovereignty would be compromised and because it insists on the independence of its decision and on the preservation of its sovereignty and the interests and securities of its people. mr. president, after power circumstances imposed on the organization, a policy of double standards and made this work even if it were undeclare or written, we are here -- we are witness to another stage that is based on creating illusions in

terms of reference based on the policy of the imposeing full facts. some try to convince the public opinion that those who try to defend the independents of their countries following on the road of gandhi, mandela, and george washington, and amir, and sultan , and others, those, i s are classified as terrorists and pryers working outside national legitimacy. those trying to preserve their countries saved from creative chaos and terror have become violaters of human rights and

killers of their own people. those who win the support of the majority of their people have lost legitimacy and have to step down. it's rlly strge these days, mr. president, that some al gashing ky -- alogarchy states draft resolutions alternating power, the promotion of democracy and promotion of human rights and that those very states who don't even have a constitution let alone a genuine electoral system and only exercise democracy through satellite stations and fancy halls, those same countries, i say, unfortunately, resolve to the security counsel for reform and for democracy.

mr. president, a parliament in 1919, by that time in one year after the fall of the empire while lawrence of arabia was reeking havoc with the destinies and resources of these states and was trying to turn the clock back to obscuretism. mr. president, the protocol of arab observers because we were keen on keeping this issue under the arab roof. syria proved its full and accurate commitment to the arab plan and the protocol between syria and the secretary of the league of arab states. the report of the observer mission already confirmed this in paragraph 37, 38, 39, 43 and

73 of the report confirming clearly what we said in the past. it confirmedded there is a media -- confirmed there is a media, political misleading of the campaign to distort and fab -- fabricate facts, and it spoke about the presence of the terrorist groups that used the legitimate demands by the syrian people for reform -- to destabilize syria and undermind its security and to undertake terrorist attacks against the institutions of the state and against civilians and military personnel alike. paragraph 26, 27,1, and 75 furthermore, paragraph 44 of the report clearly indicates that the journalist was killed as a result of mortar attacks fired by the opposition.

syria finds this strange tt the tragic event did not move the french diplomacy to indignation, particularly syria established a committee of inquiry to investigate the details of this event, chaired by a judge and through the participation of a representation of the french panel in which the journalists used to work. the secretary general of arab states read some paragraphs in his statement, and i regret that he selected items from the report and left others. i would only like to read paragraph 26, paragraph 26 says in certain instances, government

forces force as a reaction to have attacks against personnel. the observes notice that there are armed groups using antiarmor s. end of quotation. secretary general, leader of the arab states, was a dear colleague. objected requests by members of this counsel to invite general to participate in today's meeting. the report of arab observers was not sent to you.

as part of the documents that were dispatched from the headquarters of the league of arab states. mr. president, the decision by the league of arab states to go to the counsel is only an attempt to by pass the success of the arab observers, and an attempt to ignore the report. the report, unfortunately, came against the plans of some arab and non-arab parties who forcefully claim attachment to the arab role in settling the syrian crisis at a time when they worked by different means to abort the admission of the observers and waged a political and media war against it. some arab officials and some europeans have doubted the meaning of the -- the

meaningfulness of the mission including the prime minister of qatar who visited washington and other capitols only two weeks after the beginning of the work of the mission making statements that the continuation of the mission of observers is useless and asked that the syrian issue be transferred to the security counsel. this happened when syria was fully committed to the provisions of the protocol despite the two-fold increase in the number of those killed among foes of the government, d in spite of acts of aggression on public and private property, that is all due to instructions to armed groups from the outside to use the presence of the mission as a time for escalation. syria rejects any decision outside the arab plan that it agreed to and protocol it

signedded with the league of arab states considering the resolution adopted by the meeting of the arab states, a flagrant interference it internal affairs and ablatant violation of the purposes by which the league of arab states was established issue and it was also a violation of article 8 of the charter of the league of arab states. strangely enough, mr. president, and ladies and gentlemen, the league of arab states requested the syrian government to extend the mandate -- to extend the mission of the observers for one month. damascus agreed; however, the league of arab states soon contradicted itself ignoring the results of the report of the mission and trying to transfer a crisis of an arab country to the arabcom and halted the work of the mission of the observers later on. mr. president, this unbridled

tendency by some foreign states to interfere in our internal and external affairs through various means is neither sovereign nor novel and systematically occurred from the accords of 1916 and the deck collar ration of -- declaration of 1917 let alone reports from israel of the policies and occupation of arab lands. mr. president, we all know that the international legal frame work in whose parameters state's work is based on sovereignty and un-interference in internal affair, these two principles were concentrated in the charter to, and also in article 8 of the

charter of the league of arab states in this context, we stress exclusive responsibility of the syrian government in the preservation of civic peace and security in protecting its citizens from acts of destruction and sabotage undertaken by armed forces, armed -- by armed elements, sorry, and not peaceful demonstrators. in accordance with syrian law as well as international agreements to which syria is a party including the international covenant and civil and political rights regrettably and instead of respecting counted principles of international law and with feverish attempts to interfere in the internal affairs and the french resolution against syria, some officials who have fallen

in love with the syrian people after an emotional hibernation towards our people for centuries, those, i say foolishly dream of the return of colonialism through these resolutions and through concocting new terms to justify the interference in syrian internal affairs through misleading the public opinion exactly -- mimicking exactly what they did what they misled the public opinion when 130,000 libyan civilians were killed and million iraqis were killed using the pretext of looking for weapons of armed destruction and under the pretext of promoting democracy searching for weapons of mss destruction which were not there to begin with, the destruction of afghanistan under the pretext of fighting terrorism, and establishing prisons and detention centers in

guantanamo and under the pretext of promoting freedom. we stress that syria drove strength from the strength of its people, and that it stands firm in confronting its enemies. we call all those who are fermenting the crisis and bent on exacerbating it to reconsider these policies and to end massacring the syrian people. one cannot be an arsonist and a firefighter at the same time. we call on them to support national dialogue and the syrian political reform process, and implemented by the syrian leadership in response to the legitimate demands by the people, by way of example, i say that in february, we will hold a referendum on a new constitution for the country that guarantees party and political pluralism

well as power and parliamentary elections held in the first half of the year leaving the final say to the ballot box. in conclusion, we expect the security counsel to be a platform encouraging dialogue as a way to settle crisis. we don't expect it to provoke or ag agree vat crisis. we beeve that an exacerbation of the crisis leads to underminding international peace and security rather than prereceiverring them. we welcome -- preserving them. we welcome in this regard the recent initiative of the russian federation to sponsor and all syrian dialogue in moscow to find a solution to this crisis. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you for yr

statement. i give the floor to members of f the counsel, sec -- secretary of state of the united states of america. >> thank you very much. thank you, prime minister and secretary general for the thorough briefing of the the arab league has demonstrated important leadership in this crisis, and for many months, the people of th region and the world watched in horror as the assad regime executed itswn citizens, civilis gunned down in the streets, women and children tortured and killed, and no one is safe, not even officials of the syrian-arab red crescent. according to u.n. estimates, more than 5,400 --

[noaudio] >> of violence is increasingly likely to spiral of control. already, the challenges ahead for the syrian people are daunting. the crumbling economy, rising

sectarian tension, a cauldron of instability in the heart of the middle east. fears about what follows al- assad, especially among the minority communities, are understandable. it appears as though al-assad is working hard to pit the ethnic and religious groups against each other, risking greater sectarian violence and even descent into civil war. in response to this crack down on the peaceful dissent and protest, the arab league launched an unprecedented diplomatic intervention. sending monitor and to syria's beleaguered cities and towns and offering president al-assad many chances to change course.

these observers were greeted by thousands of protesters, eager to share their aspirations for their universal rights and also the stories of what had befallen them and their families. but as the arab league report makes clear if you read the entire report, the regime did not -- instead responded with excessive and escalating violence. in the p ast few days, the regime's security forces have intensified their assault, shelling civilian areas and homes in other cities. this weekend, the arab league suspended its monitoring mission, pointing to the regime's intransigence and mounting civilian casualties. so why is the arab league here

before this security council? because they are seeking the support of the international community for a negotiated, peaceful, political solution to this crisis. and are responsible, democratic transition in syria. and we all have a choice. stand with the people of syria and the region or become complacent and the continuing violence. the united states urges the security council to back the arab league's demand that the syrian government stop all attacks against civilians and guarantee the freedom of peaceful demonstrations. in accordance with the arab league's plan, syria must also release all detain citizens, we turn its military and security forces to their barracks, and a

lawful and unhindered access for monitors, humanitarian, and journalists. we urge the security council to back the arab league's acalcall for an inclusive, syrian-led political process to address the concerns of the people, conducted in an environment free from violence, fear, intimidation, and extremism. members heresomknow some may be secured -- concerned that the security council could be headed toward another libya. that is a false analogy. syria is a unique situation that requires its own approach, tailored to the specific circumstances occurring there. and that is exactly what the arab league has proposed. a path for a political

transition that would preserve syria's unity and institutions. this may not be accepted the plan that any of us ourselves would have designed. i know many nations feel that way. but it represents the best efforts of syria's neighbors to chart a way ford and preserves a chance to work. i think it would be a mistake to minimize or understate the magnitude of the challenge that syrians face in trying to build the rule of law and civil society on the ruins of a failed dictatorship. this will be hard. the results are far from certain, success is far from guaranteed. but the alternative, more of al- assad's brutal rule, is no

alternative at all. we all know change is coming to syria. despite its ruthless tactics, the regime's reign of terror will be and he and the people of syria will have a chance to chart their destiny. the question is, how many more innocent civilians will die before this country is able to move forward towards the kind of future that it deserves. unfortunately, it appears as though along this continues the harder it will be to rebuild once pressed and al-assad and his regime is transitioned and something new and better takes its place. citizens inside and outside syria have begun planning for a democratic transition. local councils across the

country are organizing under the most dangerous circumstances. but every day that goes by, their task grows more difficult. the future of syria as a strong and unified nation depends on thwarting a divide and conquer strategy. it will take all syrians working together -- christians, hand-in- hand with suni and arabs and kurds to be sure that the country is governed by the rule of all law. and takes on the widespread corruption that has marked the regime. for this to work, syria's minorities will have to join in shaping the future and their rights and voices will have to be heard, protected, and respected. and their rights and choices will have to be heard, protect and respected.

and then we say to the reach them today, we hear your fears and your aspiration. do not let the current regime exploit them to extend this crisis. leaders of serious nearness immunity, military and other dictation will have to recognize their futures lie with the state and not the regime. syria belongs to it 23 million citizens, not to one man or his family. change can still be accomplished without dismantling the state or producing new tyranny. it is time for the international community to put aside our differences and send a clear message of support to the people of syria. the alternative? burning the arab league, abandoning the syrian people,

emboldening the deck tater what compound this tragedy. and what market failure failure of our share price on stability and shake the credibility of the united nations security couil. the united states stands eady to work with every member in this chamber to pass a resolution that supports the arab league suffered because those are the efforts that are well thought out and focused on ending this is. uphold the right of the serious people and restores peac to syria. that is the goal of the arab league. that should be the closest council, to help the syrian people realize the goal of the future the ac. thank you. >> i think the excellent the for statement. i now give the floor to your

excellency, mr. hu jintao, minister of the republic of france. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: mr. president, we are meeting today so that the security council should take up this responsibility as a people that is suffering in a region where peace is threatened by the brutal russian of the regime. the silence of our council formats is no longer accept the will. it folds to the arab leagu to recover itself from solemnly on the uncil to live up to the nation vested upon it by the united nations coming today to the people of the region we wish peace and respect. the arab league has asked to meet the situation, the dispatch

of the definition transition i wish to commend the courageous commitment of the conflict and i welcome the president and secretary general and prime minister of qatar have not the addresses. i also commend the kingdom of sirocco to bring to us fully supported by france. i wish the commander to connect the arab league. i am well aware that decisions on the situation in syria are particularly difficult to take an implement if only because of their geographical opportunity to damascus. today when i repeat this they are coming to put an end to this scandalous night. i choose to work carefully and i

shall explain use of the term. but as the situation in syria? people have risen up to defend its freedom. there are no words todescribe the horror of the brutal repression. if we say it is worsening, that does not fully express what is happening. thousands of deaths, 15,000 prisoner 15,000 refugees, the torture every day. i have for a long time termed the regime of crimes against humanity, the international acquired human rights council confirmed the conviction. they conceal the faces of torture of children come the bodies of women who have been and thousands of human beings. with them in mind, the situation is worsening every day in humanitarians say how much dreadful mistake before the

council to council to an end to human rights for the humanitarian assistance. every state must bear the responsibility to protect its population not to contend with its population of syrian regime without restraint in a shameful manner. this has direct consequences on international peace and security, thousands of refugees of the neighboring states increased intercommunity attention than repercussion of stability in an already vulnerable region without even referring responsibility to protect in the region to establish the council's responsibility. france ties accord further council to work to have a vote

unsuccessfully for this statement is acceptable. is this scandalous? i think so. obviously we have continued to back on the indemnification said the european union has tightened sanctions. we've established the peaceful opposition night and other locations later said the syrian national account of. we commend the result. but however that may be your opinion of the arab league cannot replace conferred upon them by the united nations charters in the council which can express today the international community and security council is the keystone of peace and security to pronounce on such syria. how can i do this by rapidly and with pride matcher supported tap in the resolution by morocco. thisrings the sport of our council to the arab league, the

strength to be crucially involves a free show at it today the only protagonist to provide a realistic political resolution. two essential elements. unequivocally condemn without falling into the trap of false comparisons as the action of opposition on the ground because the vast majority of syrians are handed in the streets against discriminate islands of the regime. we must respect the men and women who every day march for freedom where they culd be shocked at the moment. i would also -- this is unmentioned by the french journalist who died at his job and i will not allow this to be

ex-waited. the syrian authorities should have been necessary protection. i have to note this has not been the case. when it comes to the report which has been distributed to us, it does not do anything about the origin of the exchange which led to the death of my compatriot, ammunition does indicate killed fire from the operation. this is not adored by the arab league and we are still on the deficit. the second essential element in a draftrovides support of the council to the arab league initiative regarding the three main aspect. demand for free access and essentially the credible transitional political process.

it will be for the arab league to implement a responsibility to help it by addressing the clear message to the series machine the community united to hang the arab emirates. and we wld like to see the complicating further. we need a rapid response which can provide a facelift resolution to this terrible crisis. we are therefore willing to vote now upon morocco. some of jocund spares than it is alleged that there is a way of making to the military intervention. the draft resolution that the representative of morocco can be construed as an optimization for the use of orce. this draft is not under chapter seven and we are not preparing any military operation. the tragedy and then people. our goal is simply to find a peaceful way out of the crisis,

allowing two various component and nobody else than that determine the future with no intention of opposing on a machine and the outside. the arab league offers the only prospect of achieving this goal. let us rise above our differences and support the plan submitted to us today. but if of a two responsibilities to theolitical and moral duty followinto us as a result of the rising of the syrian people inspired by momentum of the arab spring. a decent gentleman come in no time the last. i'm less than a year, more than 5000 lives have been lost each week means hundred of more deaths each day, dozens more. and the memory of victims i urge members of the count

>> our "road to the white house with what continues and includes gop presidential candidate mitt romney who won the florida primary yesterday. you'll hear his speech to supporters at 6:30 eastern. before that, last night's rally is in nevada with ron paul and rick santorum. and you will hear from former house speaker newt gingrich who finished second in florida. >> congressional budget office director doug elmendorf testifies before the house budget committee. that is live this morning on c- span-3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> instead of campaigning in florida, ron paul is in nevada.

he spoke tuesday night to a rally in henderson. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. [chanting "ron paul"]

thank you very much. thank you. if the enthusiasm wins an elections, we win hands down. this is great. this is nice. thank you for coming out. a little while ago i saw governor romney and congratulated him. >> [boo] >> no, i congratulated him. i said i would see him soon in the caucus states. you have been having a

fantastic trip. not too long ago, we were up in maine. it was a fantastic reception. today we had businesses in colorado. they were fantastic. it looks like we have a few hundred here tonight to say the least. 1000 people. now, a few months ago there were 9 candidates. we are down to four. tonight as of statistics that we are in third place when comes to delegate -- i saw statistics that we are in their place when it comes to delegates, and that what really counts. we will spend our time in the caucus states.

if you have an irate tyrants -- minority you do very well in the caucus states. there is something else that they lend itself to. a few have an energized group of people that are working in a campaign and actually believe in something, you bet it will work in the caucus states. this is what has been so fantastic. i have been doing a little bit of campaigning for liberty for a long time. this is all very favorable. there is a mess up in washington. they have given us a lousy form -- foreign policy. they gave us and allows the

budget and recession. a wonderful thing is in the grass roots. people are realizing that the problem is too much government. we need more personal liberties. this is where we are winning the hearts and minds of people. to the numbers are growing. there are many brush fires of freedom being late. -- being lit. we do not even know where they are. it is being translated into great enthusiasm and change. we do not need to have more government. we need to get rid of some of the processes of the government. don't you think it is time we have a new monetary policy?

end it. right, end it. >> [chanting "end the fed."] >> all we would have to do is read the constitution. it tells us what exactly we should have. what about a foreign policy? we need a foreign policy. do we need to invent it? we just need to read the constitution. we do not need to be the policemen of the world. very simply we should not engage in any more wars that are not engaged properly. -- that are not declared properly and supported by the

people. i have gotten some advice a lot of the internet. if they only near this was -- knew that the support for the freedom movement came with the sound economic foreign policy that makes sense. very simply, it means bringing our troops, and stop declaring all these on winnable -- unwinnable wars. what did this do for our economies? of like to see all the should -- i would like to see the troops spending their money at home.

in the last 10 years, we have spent over $4 trillium more. it is a cost of life and limb. the american people are tired of it. they are ready because they know this country is bankrupt. all nations go down because they overextend themselves. it is time for us to wake up. did not wait for an economic thing to hit. -- for a crisis to hit. we need to defend this country and not pretend we can tell other people how to live. [cheers] the greatest danger when we accept the notion that we're supposed to be the policeman of the world is that it is done at the expense of personal liberty. the purpose of all government should be the protection of personal liberty for each and every one.

we need to reverse the trends on the attack of our civil libertarian -- liberties. we need to appeal the patriot -- repeal the patriot act and that the president has the authority to assassinate american citizens without trial. we need to appeal of the -- repeal the provision that says the president can use the military to arrest any american citizen and denied them a trial. the answer is -- send only people to washington. it said only people to the white house to read the constitution -- send only people to the white house who read the constitution. then we would have the full understand